Questioning Steve Smith’s commitment is an absolute joke…
This is a bloke who would walk through fire to represent Australia, who hates sitting on the sidelines, and who has built his career on fighting battles most players wouldn’t even take on...
When this series is over, perhaps Cummins, McDonald and Bailey will be the ones facing questions about their own futures.
Smudgy, meanwhile, is still in a position to decide his own future. And don’t be surprised if he leads Australia as captain against New Zealand in December.
MacDonald and Cummins desperately want Steven Smith to retire... something in off in dressing room
Just because Steven withdrew, coach and captain is talking about his retirement speculations
This is absolutely nonsense 👎
Aussie media shouldn’t go light on Pat Cummins, his captaincy and performance, both have gone down. He needs to be sacked as captain as soon as possible.
You just wonder if Steve Smith was playing & had been consulted about the decision at the toss as he would have been as vice captain, he agrees with the call to field first. Chances are Not
This will be Australia’s XI for the third Test v South Africa:
Renshaw
Head
Labuschagne
Smith
Green
Carey WK
Connolly
Starc
Cummins
Lyon
Hazlewood
OUT: Boland, Maddinson, Webster
IN: Lyon, Green, Connolly
On air with SEN from 6.30pm AEDT. 🔥🇿🇦
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This is ODI Cricket at its best, one of the best partnerships ever witnessed. 2 minute silence for the fans who left Gaddafi stadium early, this will count as their biggest blunder in life 😂.
Shane Warne once challenged a young Steve Smith to hit three different targets off three different lengths, with bowlers running in at full pace. Smith nailed all three like it was nothing! No applause, no reaction…just casually walked away.
Hard truth! We keep celebrating Test cricket as the ultimate challenge, but the empty stands tell another story. A format this beautiful deserves an atmosphere to match its greatness…
We keep hearing how important Test cricket is, but where are the fans in South Africa? Empty stands, no atmosphere, and we’re supposed to believe the format is thriving? You can’t keep calling Test cricket the pinnacle of the game if no one turns up to watch it. Harsh reality, but someone has to say it. Pathetic
Aussies have arrived at gqeberha, just depositing their cell phones before entering the stadium. Smudge seen carrying extra sack bags full of equipments. #AusvSA#SteveSmith